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 January 2nd, 2017, 04:44 AM #1 Member   Joined: May 2016 From: Ireland Posts: 84 Thanks: 1 relative displacement ship k is 3000m to the west of ship h. ship k is travelling with velocity 12i+6j m/s. what is the minimum speed which h must travel to intercept k. i know there j components must be equal if they are to colide so h must be ai+6j dont know what to do from here
 January 2nd, 2017, 07:29 AM #2 Math Team   Joined: Jul 2011 From: Texas Posts: 2,311 Thanks: 1135 $v_h = ai + 6j$ m/s $a = 0$ for the speed of ship h to be a minimum ... why?
 January 2nd, 2017, 01:01 PM #3 Member   Joined: May 2016 From: Ireland Posts: 84 Thanks: 1 as when you find out the velocity of it its the loewest at 0 root(o^2+6^2) =6
 January 3rd, 2017, 01:35 PM #4 Member   Joined: May 2016 From: Ireland Posts: 84 Thanks: 1 the second part of the question is if in fact the speed of h is 10 m/s find the 2 directions in which h may steer in order to intercept k i get 36.86 north of east but i dont get how there is 2 directions
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 Originally Posted by markosheehan the second part of the question is if in fact the speed of h is 10 m/s find the 2 directions in which h may steer in order to intercept k i get 36.86 north of east but i dont get how there is 2 directions
north of west, also?
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